Doryopteris angelica is a rare fern species, known by the common name Kauai digit fern. It is endemic to Hawaii where only small populations are known.[2]

Doryopteris angelica

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Doryopteris
Species:
D. angelica
Binomial name
Doryopteris angelica
K.Wood & W.H.Wagner

The ferns grow on slopes in Hawaiian tropical rainforests habitat, and have been found only on the island of Kauaʻi.[3] It was federally listed as an endangered species in 2010.[4]

Taxonomy

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Doryopteris angelica is closely related to Doryopteris decora, and was first described as a separate species in 1999.[5] It is now placed in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer Doryopteris angelica. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ Doryopteris angelica. The Nature Conservancy.
  3. ^ Daniel D. Palmer. 2003. Hawaii's Ferns and Fern Allies. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, HI, USA. ISBN 978-0-8248-2522-5
  4. ^ USFWS. Determination of endangered status for 48 species on Kauai and designation of critical habitat. Federal Register April 13, 2010.
  5. ^ Kenneth R. Wood and Warren H. Wagner. 1999. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  6. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (18 February 2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
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